This is news to me, but I didn't know Obama like to draw.
I guess this is just another hidden talent from him!
District 225 School Board member Wayne Berzon shows a doodle made by President-elect Barack Obama while he was in the U.S. Senate. Berzon bought it during an online charity auction.
Here's a sketch he did last year...
The doodle is an informal sketch of a moment in time on the Senate floor. It features Senators Chuck Schumer, Majority Leader Harry Reid, Dianne Feinstein of California and Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts. While not detailed portraits, the politicians are easily identifiable.
For Northbrook's Wayne Berzon, Obama's win boosted both the historical and monetary value of a small piece of artwork. The Glenbrook High School District 225 Board member is an avid collector of baseball memorabilia and celebrity autographs. In his collection is a handmade and signed doodle Obama made on the floor of the U.S. Senate last year.
"I knew the guy had a great political career ahead of him, but who could know a year and a half ago that he would be President of the United States?" Berzon said.
Berzon, an executive at a financial firm, bought the doodle during an online auction in May to benefit Neurofibramatosis Inc., a charity that researches the genetic disease that causes tumors to form on nerves.
Berzon recalled he figured he would buy it for about $700.
Some intense bidding drove the final price up to $2,075, and Berzon later learned he had been bidding against television actress Gillian Anderson of "The X Files," whose family is deeply involved with the charity.
But Berzon said he figured he still had a bargain in securing the doodle of the announced presidential contender.
"How often can you put your hands on an original from a man who's going potentially to be president of the United States? It could end up in his library one day," Berzon said.
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